Country GL

Position Summary:
•Responsible for timely and successful closing the month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing for
South Africa in coordination and collaboration with the Mauritius Quality Service Centre (QSC),
•Point of entry and responsible for timely preparation and completion of Annual Financial Statements
•Audit.
•Point of entry for corporate audit, coordinate and collaborate with BU Directors to close audits.
•Responsible for Taxation in South Africa.
•Point of entry for Region / HQ queries related to the Trial balance and reporting.
•Managing the variety of stakeholder for the meeting Area’s objectives and KPI’s.
•Budgeting and forecasting for overhead costs, CAPEX and DND revenue for the Area.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:
•Oversee the completeness and accuracy of all General Ledger accounts.
•Responsible for timeous and accurate month-end, quarterly and year-end closing as per guidelines.
•Responsible for accurate and timely submission of quarterly overhead budgets and forecast including Detention & Demurrage revenue, investments, IFRS16 leases, etc.
•Coordinate maintenance and improvement of processes together with the QSC, Area / Region.
•Responsible for achievement of all targets in BA by working closely with the QSC, Area / Region.
•Responsible for timely preparation of annual financial statements by coordinating with external service providers.
•Responsible for calculation and submit all tax returns in an accurate and timely manner and attending, closing of taxation / vat audits and assessments.
•Is the point of entry for financial audit queries / requests, ensuring timeous closure of all audit topics.
•Responsible to follow up, close off all audit queries.
•Assist with and report to corporate audit to confirm the closure of audit queries.
•Implement and monitor processes to avoid the recurrence of audit findings together with introducing. Preventive processes to reduce and eventually eliminate audit findings.
•Work with all departments to proactively implement measure to prevent revenue leakage and overcharging on the Operational side.
•Produce and maintain management report packs to constructively address matters of risk and possible financial loss.
•Travel to Third party agents countries for audit and face to face meetings if needed.
•Must escalate Country and Area requirements to relevant stakeholders in order for Area to successfully meet our objectives and KPI’s.
•Hold regular meetings with QSC.
•Keep abreast of developments in Customer Services, Sales, Operations to inform Management of impact of changes as well as ensure our processes.
•Preparing cost and revenue analysis, trends, Business cases, PowerPoint presentations for the Area /Country
•Adhoc requests from Management.
•Drive innovation to create meaningful reporting and to address critical topics.

Skills and Knowledge Required:
•Related Tertiary qualification and/or related experience.
•Strong management accounting, financial accounting and tax experience.
•Strong internal audit experience